Newborns suffered less pain during heel-prick blood tests if they heard a Mozart lullaby, researchers report
Playing music such as a Mozart lullaby to babies may help reduce their suffering during painful procedures, research suggests.
Minor medical procedures such as injections or heel-prick blood tests are commonly performed on newborn infants, and while some people have argued that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really feel pain, recent research has suggested that they experience it much like adults do.
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